The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-12
THE SEQUEL.

An Answer TO Private Daliell's Inquiry Con.
cerning tho Tate of Charlie Stewart.
10 ne Editor Of ne LatslligMed.
Enclosed find q letter just received from
Comrads E. D. Hardin, First West Vlr-
glnia Cavalry, now residing OF Fl Dorado,
Kaneas.
It gives the sequel 10 the fragmentory
and unfinished sketch Of the Charlie
Stewart tragedy, published In tho INTEL.
LIogScgR sometime since. And yot there
arc particulars loft undeyeloped, which
ComIade Harding account Of the affair
following mine may Induce otheia TO pub.
llsh yet.
Truth Ia stranger than fiction. Here
was a man whom thought In his grave
theue twenty.threo years, who wac alive
and at the front long after the time that l
supposed he was dead and still, In com.
mon with many OF your readers, doubt.
lees, have a cufiosity TO know what be-
como OF him al, last-whether no contin.
ued In the service after his escape from
prison, whether he was killed In battle, or
whether, indeed, no Ia still living, and
where and how, and what, II any, excuae
he had for killing that man a. Oumber-
land, all Of which I hope to sec dOyel.
oped in due time in your paper, r
20 PRIVATE DAlzELL. f
Ell DORADO, KAs, Sept. Q. 1887.
Comrade Dai,eR:
find in tho ISTELnGEScER letter
stating that while you were OF General
sullivan's hesdquarters In tho winter oil
lS03G4, you had q comrade belonging to
a New York cavalry regiment, by the
name OF Charlie Stewart; that he was
one day sent 10 Cumberland on private
business; that short tlmo afterward You
received a letter from hini-the Baddest
letter you ever received from any man
that 1t startled and stunned you. The let.
ter stated that no WAS sentenced to be
hanged for killing a man In cold blood In
Cumberland. Now, my dear comrRde,
am acquainted with Charlie Stewart, and
was in Cumberland scouting for Genera!
Sigel ct that time. Ono morning Charlie
came to Cumberland about 10 o'clock, and
We went to the St. Nicholas hotsl where
no put up. After registering he gave his
two reyolveIs and grip to- Mr.. Gan
Lumas, the proprietor oil The hotel, and
We took walk down as far az the river
and parted. In the course Of half an hour
! was returning up street. Just ahead o!
me were three or lour OF the First Mary.
land Infantry on the sidewalk. Before
overlook them i heard ono Of them make
an insulting remark to mnn across the
8treet. looked Rcrosa and saw that Il
was Charlie. He came over and had q
brief conversation with the men and Their
passed on 10 the hotel-I suppose to &c,
one OF hig rovolvers. A young man
named Negley came down street and he
and went into O restaurant to get come
Ice cream. While eating We heard the
report of revolver on the street, and on
going to the door saw Charlie in charge
iof a policeman and the man he had sho:
lay dead OIL the pavement.
i I went to see Charlie while he was in
prison, but could no. get admission. After
General Sigel was relieved went to my
regimsnt-the First Went Virginia Cavsl
lry-st KiHle Run. Think of my surprise
on seeing Charlie one day coming along
I had conversation with him regarding
hia imprisonment and escape from the
Cumberland jail. He told mo how he
made his escape, but can't just remem.
Der the story. think, however, that he
overpowered the jailor in the morning
when he came to feed him. I hops II
will give you satisfaction to know tina!
E. D. HARDIN.